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Expressive sound, classic looks

Job one for any turntable is to provide smooth and stable rotation for your records. Pro-Ject's xPression III delivers in spades. This solid, refined player quietly maintains accurate playback speed with minimal wow and flutter, letting the music flow from your LPs with breathtaking realism and clarity. You'll experience a wide, deep soundstage with instruments and vocals that fill the room. Careful design and beefy construction give the xPression III excellent isolation from vibration, creating silent backgrounds and powerful dynamics.

Precision-built for high performance

The xPression III's MDF chassis rests on damped, aluminum cone feet for a solid, low-resonance foundation. And the feet are adjustable, making the 'table easier to level. A precision-machined acrylic record platter spins on a top-quality axle and bearing for smooth rotation and ultra-quiet operation. The decoupled motor mount and belt drive system physically isolates vibration from the chassis to prevent motor noise from being audible through your sound system. An external AC power supply helps reduce the chance of hum, and can even be upgraded with Pro-Ject's Speed Box II for enhanced speed accuracy. The xPression III features a carbon fiber tonearm tube with a fixed aluminum headshell for greater rigidity. The arm offers easy adjustments for optimizing playback, and makes future cartridge upgrades a snap.

Praise for the Pro-Ject Xpression III from The Absolute Sound

"The Xpression III features an acrylic platter, machined cone feet, a carbonfiber arm tube, and other refinements rare at this price. Supplied with Sumiko's excellent Oyster cartridge, the Xpression III has excellent clarity, smoothness, and a wide and deep soundstage."

Get the best sound, without the hassle

One of the great things about vinyl records is that they force you to slow down and savor the act of listening. But Pro-Ject's xPression III won't slow you down much, because of its hassle-free plug 'n' play design. Pro-Ject knows that turntable setup can be a challenge for the novice. That's why this 'table comes out of the box virtually ready to play. Its factory-mounted tonearm and phono cartridge take the guesswork out of getting started, so you can enjoy optimized sound quality with minimal effort. A few minutes to dial in key settings like tracking force, anti-skating, and platter speed are all that's needed to experience the superior performance that's waiting for you on your favorite records.

Note: The turntable should be positioned on a low-resonance
surface such as wood or multiple layer ply-board to avoid structural
vibrations disturbing replay.

Decoupled Motor: The motor is decoupled from the plinth to reduce
vibration transmission.

RCA Connection with Grounding Screw: Connection to the phono input of
your amplifier can be made with connecting cables of your choice through the
turntable's gold-plated stereo RCA phono jacks and grounding screw.

Integrated Aluminum Headshell: The tone-arm features a low mass
aluminum headshell securely glued to the arm-tube. The Single-screw fixing of
the arm-tube allows rotation for easy adjustment of the needle azimuth
despite the fixed headshell.

MM-Cartridge: The turntable is supplied with a Sumiko
Oyster MM-cartridge. This moving magnet phono
cartridge features an alloy cantilever, bonded spherical stylus, and 4.0 mV
output.

Note: If your amplifier does not have a suitable Phono MM input,
you will need a separate phono pre-amplifier (252PBIIB, sold separately)
to connect the turntable to your amplifier.

Damped Arm-lift: Silicone-damped arm-lift can be adjusted to suit
working height of the arm.

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Upgrade after 30+ years

My vinyl collection of classical, jazz and blues, acquired from the early '60s to the CD era had been mostly sitting on the shelf for many years. Now that I have more free time I have begun a long process of digitizing this collection so that it is more easily accessible. My old system consisted of a Kenwood KD500 turntable, a Formula 4 arm, and a Shure V15 Type V-MR cartridge. I needed to replace the cartridge, but I decided to upgrade the whole rig. The Pro-Ject Xpression III seemed to provide what I needed, a good quality table and tonearm without spending a ridiculous amount of money. Also, the higher output of the Sumiko Oyster allows me to maximize recording levels. Set up of the system was a snap and I was up and running in less than an hour. My initial impressions of the sound, both analog and digital is very favorable. I am definitely hearing more detail in orchestral works along with a warmer tone, which is characteristic of the Sumiko cartridge. So far, very happy.

It's Alive!!!

I spent an entire week prior to the arrival of my Project XPression III playing the same 3 LP's (The Who - "Live at Leeds", Little Feat - "Waiting for Columbus", and Santana - "Caravanserai") on my Denon model DP-300F in order to "memorize" the frequency response, presence, and soundstage for later comparison to the Project. OK, so the setup is a little bit tedious, but it's not difficult! The result was rewarding beyond my expectations! Apparently, none of the other three turntables I've owned over the past forty-something years (Akai, Denon, and something else I don't even remember) belong in the same category as the Project; I was honestly blown away from the first few seconds of "My Generation" (Live at Leeds is not necessarily noted for being a well-engineered recording), I can truthfully say, this album never sounded so good. The Project sends a much higher volume signal to by Denon AVR-2009 receiver than the old turntable did, the instruments have a much more pronounced separation and expanded frequency range! Not only am I impressed with the Project turntable, I've got a bit more respect for the engineering of this album (which sounds closer to a mono recording on my old system). "Caravanserai" was the true test, the wide range of frequency response and channel separation allowed me to pick out indiviual musical components previously overlooked. "Waiting for Columbus" is pure pleasure; the Tower of Power horns are in my living room! My albums never sounded so good!

Pros:It delivers!

Cons:I would like to have been able to order the "Pearl" cartridge pre-installed.

I can't compare this to another turntable, but...

Written By hiNasty34, Salt Lake City, UT on Thursday, July 14, 2011

Setup was a bit more cumbersome than expected, especially since I've never done it before. Once complete, I threw on a brand new LP and noticed the difference in sound quality immediately. Now as the title states, I can't really compare this to another turntable so my comparisons are limited to vinyl, CD, and MP3. Here's a breakdown of the pro's and con's in my experience: Pro's - extremely tight sounding percussion, instruments sound almost like your listening to them in the studio, hi-frequency reproduction of cymbals, hi-hats, etc. is excellent, noise (hiss) is less than I expected, the acrylic platter just plain looks nice, analogue "warmth". Con's - nothing is automatic (it's surprising just how fast you can blaze through one side of an LP), vinyl requires diligent care, some pops and clicks are unavoidable. What I've read from other reviews seems consistent with my experience. This is a relatively high-end turntable and the sound it produces is consistent with this statement. Now there's more to overall sound quality than just a turntable (or any other means of listening), but it is obvious just how much the Xpression III contributes.

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Keep the music playing with replacement cartridges and other accessories.

Many systems lack the phono input needed to hook up a turntable. Separate phono preamps not only make it easy to connect to these systems, they also tend to offer better performance than the phono preamp circuitry built into many amps and receivers.

Protect your investment from power surges and interference.

The cables that are included with some components are not the best quality. You can get dramatically more lifelike sound with better audio cables.

Keep your records clean and static-free, or prevent disruptive vibration, for the best performance.